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Why Food Aid Should Be Bought Locally, Not Shipped Halfway Around the World

Yifat Susskind, AlterNet. October 14, 2010.

Food aid floods agricultural markets and destabilizes fragile local economies. But there is a solution: The U.S. can buy food aid crops directly from local farmers in Africa.

Why U.S. Food Aid Benefits Big Business and Not Starving People

Megan Tady, In These Times. September 18, 2007.

How current policies favor giant shipping companies and agribusinesses over the starving populations they are supposed to serve.

GOP Cuts To Food Aid For Seniors And Food Banks Equals One Day Of Bush Tax Cuts For Millionaires

Pat Garofalo, December 31, 1969.


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